Rank the states based on where you'd want to live

[Gass3268]

Rank the states based on where you'd most like to live (plus DC). I also put the city I'd want to live in or near for each.

1.   Illinois (Chicago)
2.   Minnesota (Minneapolis)
3.   Maryland (Silver Spring)
4.   California (Los Angeles)
5.   Washington (Seattle)
6.   Colorado (Denver)
7.   Oregon (Portland)
8.   Massachusetts (Boston)
9.   Hawaii (Honolulu)
10.   District of Columbia (Georgetown)
11.   Virginia (Alexandria)
12.   Wisconsin (Madison)
13.   New York (Brooklyn)
14.   Ohio (Columbus)
15.   North Carolina (Raleigh)
16.   Maine (Portland)
17.   Vermont (Burlington)
18.   Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
19.   Connecticut (New Haven)
20.   Florida (Clearwater)
21.   Texas (Austin)
22.   Tennessee (Nashville)
23.   Georgia (Atlanta)
24.   Nevada (Las Vegas)
25.   Missouri (Kansas City)
26.   Michigan (Ann Arbor)
27.   Louisiana (New Orleans)
28.   Utah (Park City)
29.   Iowa (Des Moines)
30.   Montana (Missoula)
31.   Rhode Island (Providence)
32.   New Hampshire (Manchester)
33.   Wyoming (Jackson Hole)
34.   Nebraska (Omaha)
35.   Arizona (Tucson)
36.   New Mexico (Santa Fe)
37.   South Carolina (Charleston)
38.   Indiana (Indianapolis)
39.   Kentucky (Louisville)
40.   Alaska (Anchorage)
41.   Kansas (Lawrence)
42.   Delaware (Newark)
43.   New Jersey (Newark)
44.   South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
45.   North Dakota (Fargo)
46.   West Virginia (Charles Town)
47.   Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
48.   Idaho (Boise)
49.   Alabama (Mobile)
50.   Mississippi (Biloxi)
51.   Arkansas (Fayetteville)

[dead0man]

Ranking them is too hard, so I'll group them:
States I'd live in(and only near a big city, no BFE sh**t for me):
AK,WA,OR,CA,ID,MT,WY,CO,SD,NE,KS,MO,IA,MN,WI,IL,IN,MI,OH,PA,NY,VT,NH,ME,VA
States I'd live in, but I wouldn't like it:
TX,UT,GA,WV,OK,HI
States I'd only live if I was getting some serious green:
whatevers left, the hot places

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Where I would definitely want to live:

1. Maine (Buxton/Portland)
2. Massachusetts (Boston)
3. Oregon (Eugene)
4. Washington (Seattle)
5. New Jersey (Monroe)
6. Vermont (Montpelier)
7. Connecticut (Hartford)
8. Minnesota (Minneapolis)
9. Rhode Island (Providence)
10. New Hampshire (Manchester)

States where I'd live, but not as a first choice:

11. Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
12. Michigan (Ann Arbor)
13. Utah (Salt Lake City)
14. Colorado (Denver)
15. Montana (Butte)
16. Kansas (Wichita)
17. Idaho (Boise)
18. Maryland (Annapolis)
19. Washington DC
20. Wyoming (Cheyenne)

States that I could be coaxed into living in:

21. Illinois (Chicago)
22. Iowa (Des Moines)
23. Alabama (Montgomery)
24. Indiana (Indianapolis)
25. Delaware (Newark)
26. Ohio (Dayton)
27. Missouri (Kansas City)
28. North Dakota (Bismarck)
29. South Dakota (Rapid City)
30. Tennessee (Memphis)

States that I would really rather not live in:

31. Nevada (Reno)
32. Georgia (Atlanta)
33. North Carolina (Charlotte)
34. South Carolina (Charleston)
35. Kentucky (Lexington)
36. West Virginia (Huntington)
37. Nebraska (Omaha)
38. Alaska (Anchorage)
39. Hawaii (Honolulu)
40. New York (New York City)

States that I will never live in no matter what:

41. Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
42. Louisiana (New Orleans)
43. Arizona (Phoenix)
44. Virginia (Norfolk)
45. Mississippi (Oxford)
46. Arkansas (Little Rock)
47. Oklahoma (Tulsa)
48. New Mexico (Albuquerque)
49. Texas (Dallas)
50. California (Redding)
51. Florida (nowhere)

[SWE]

Ten states I'd most aant to live in, in no particular order: Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin

[Goldwater]

I don't really want to make a whole list, but in general I want to live in the red places on this map:



And I really don't want to live in the blue places on this map:

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'm not sure this is the most accurate or precise list, but I'll try:

1. Michigan (where I already am, although Battle Creek or Kalamazoo would be next.)
2. Illinois (Chicago)
3. Indiana (Hammond)
4. Iowa (Iowa City)
5. Wisconsin (Racine)
6. Ohio (Lima)
7. California (Los Angeles)
8. New Hampshire (Portsmouth)
9. Connecticut (Bridgeport)
10. Vermont (Rutland)
11. Massachusetts (Boston)
12. Maine (Portland)
13. Missouri (St. Louis)
14. Kansas (Dodge City or Wichita)
15. Nebraska (Omaha)
16. North Dakota (Fargo)
17. New York (New York)
18. New Jersey (Newark)
19. Hawaii (Honolulu)
20. Colorado (Denver)
21. Idaho (Boise)
22. Oregon (Portland)
23. South Dakota (Rapid City)
24. Texas (Austin or San Antonio)
25. Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
26. Nevada (Las Vegas)
27. Tennessee (Nashville)
28. Utah (Salt Lake City)
29. Wyoming (Laramie)
30. New Mexico (Albuquerque)
31. Maryland (Baltimore)
32. Kentucky (Louisville)
33. Rhode Island (Providence)
34. Arkansas (Fayetteville)
35. Florida (Miami)
36. Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
37. Minnesota (Minneapolis)
38. Washington (Seattle)
39. Delaware (Wilmington)
40. Montana (Butte)
41. Louisiana (New Orleans)
42. Mississippi (Biloxi)
43. Alabama (Mobile)
44. Georgia (Macon)
45. North Carolina (Charlotte)
46. South Carolina (Charleston)
47. Washington, DC
48. Alaska (Anchorage)
49. West Virginia (Charleston)
50. Virginia (Fairfax)
51. Arizona (Phoenix)

[H. Ross Peron]

1. California (Westside Los Angeles or Corona Del Mar)
2. New York (Upper East Side)
3. Massachusetts (Boston)
4. Washington (Seattle)
5. DC
6. Virginia (Arlington/Fairfax County)
7. Maryland (Bethseda/Silver Springs)
8. Rhode Island (Providence)
9. Connecticut (Fairfield County)
10. Oregon (Portland)
11. Hawaii (Honolulu)
12. Illinois (Chicago)
13. New Jersey (Bergen County)
14. Colorado (Denver)
15. Minnesota (Minneapolis)
16. Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
17. Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
18. Nevada (Reno)
19. Arizona (Tucson)
20. Texas (Austin)
21. New Mexico (Santa Fe)
22. Utah (Salt Lake City)
23. Ohio (Columbus)
24. Florida (Miami)
25. Michigan (Ann Arbor)
26. Delaware (Wilmington)
27. Iowa (Des Moines)
28. Missouri (St. Louis)
29. North Carolina (Charlotte)
30. Vermont (Burlington)
31. New Hampshire (Portsmouth)
32. Maine (Portland)
33. Georgia (Atlanta)
34. Indiana (Indianapolis)
35. South Carolina (Charleston)
36. Alaska (Juneau)
37. Idaho (Boise)
38. Kansas (Lawrence)
39. Nebraska (Omaha)
40. West Virginia (Martinsburg)
42. Tennessee (Memphis)
43. Kentucky (Louisville)
44. Montana (Billings)
45. Wyoming (Cheyenne)
46. North Dakota (Fargo)
47. South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
48. Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
49. Alabama (Huntsville)
50. Arkansas (Little Rock)
51. Mississippi (Oxford)

[SNJ1985]

Alaska, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and New Hampshire are the top five states I would most want to live in.

[TNF]

Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Missouri

[AggregateDemand]

I don't really want to make a whole list, but in general I want to live in the red places on this map:



And I really don't want to live in the blue places on this map:

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

The only two places I'm willing to live permenantly are New Jersey and New York City.  No reason to rank the rest.

[nolesfan2011]

1: Oregon (Portland)
2: Minnesota (Minneapolis)
3: Massachusetts (Boston)
4: Wisconsin (Milwaukee or Madison)
5: South Carolina (Columbia or Greenville)
6: Washington (Seattle Metro Area)
7: Hawaii (Honolulu)
8: North Carolina (Charlotte)
9: Texas (Houston)
10: New Mexico (Albuquerque)
11: New York (NYC)
12: Tennessee (Nashville)
13: Iowa (Des Moines)
14: Maine (Portland)
15: Montana (Billings)
16: Vermont (Burlington)
17: Delaware (Dover)
18: Rhode Island (Providence)
19: Connecticut (Stamford)
20: Utah (Salt Lake City)
21: Florida (Miami)
22: California (San Fran)
23: Maryland (Baltimore)
24: Washington D.C.
25: Georgia (Atlanta)
26: Virginia (Richmond)
27: Illinois (Champaign)
28: Colorado (Denver)
29: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
30: Kansas (Kansas City)
31: Missouri (Kansas City)
32: Arizona (Phoenix)
33: Nevada (Las Vegas)
34: Nebraska (Omaha)
35: Wyoming (Cheyenne)
36: New Jersey (somewhere close to NY ie the Meadowlands)
37: Idaho (Boise)
38: Alaska (Anchorage)
39: North Dakota (Fargo)
40: South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
41: Ohio (Cincinnati)
42: Alabama (Mobile)
43: Oklahoma (OK City)
44: Louisiana (New Orleans)
45: Arkansas (Little Rock)
46: Mississippi (Biloxi)
47: Indiana (Bloomington)
48: Michigan (Ann Arbor)
49: Kentucky (Louisville)
50: West Virginia (Charleston)

[Mr. Illini]

Top Tier:

1) DC (Washington)
2) Maryland (Bethesda)
3) Virginia (Alexandria)
4) Illinois (Chicago)
5) Massachuetts (Boston)

High Quality:

6) Vermont (Monteplier)
7) Maine (Portland)
8 ) New Hampshire (Manchester)
9) Minnesota (Minneapolis)
10) California (San Francisco)

Sounds good:

11) Wisconsin (Madison)
12) New York (New York)
13)  Connecticut (New Haven)
14) Deleware (Wilmington)
15) Washington (Seattle)
16) North Carolina (Charlotte)
17) Oregon (Portland)
18) Rhode Island (Providence)
19) Colorado (Boulder)

Not so good:

20) New Jersey (New Brunswick)
21) South Carolina (Charleston)
22) Montana (Billings)
23) Wyoming (Jackson)
24) Michigan (Ann Arbor)
25) Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
26) Texas (Austin)
27) Georgia (Atlanta)
28) Missouri (St. Louis)
29) Utah (Salt Lake City)

Not great:

30) Tennessee (Nashville)
31) Iowa (Des Moines)
32) Arizona (Phoenix)
33) Ohio (Columbus)
34) Indiana (Indianapolis)
35) Louisiana (New Orleans)
36) Idaho (Boise)
37) Florida (Tampa)
38) Hawai'i (Maui)
39) Nevada (Las Vegas)

Bad:

40) Nebraska (Omaha)
41) Kansas (Lawrence)
42) Kentucky (Lexington)
43) Alaska (Fairbanks)
44) Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
45) Alabama (Birmingham)
46) New Mexico (Albuquerque)
47) Arkansas (Little Rock)
48) Mississippi (Jackson)
49) South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
50) North Dakota (Fargo)
51) West Virginia (Charleston)

Tier map:

Basically I love the DC metro, Midwestern urban centers, and New England. The West Coast is decent and the Mid-Atlantic is blah. The Rust Belt and the Rockies are bad and the Plains and Deep South are really bad, with exceptions along the coast. But not Florida; Florida sucks.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

These are the only states I could live in.

1: Florida (Tallahassee)
2: DC (Washington)
3: Virginia (Manassas)
4: West Virginia (Sutton)
5: Pennsylvania (Ebensburg)
6: South Carolina (Charleston)
7: New Hampshire (Portsmouth)
8: Mississippi (Oxford)
9: Alabama (Mobile)
10: Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
11: North Carolina (Wilmington)
12: Texas (Tyler)
13: Iowa (Davenport area)

New York would be ranked last, followed by Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, and the western states.

[Goldwater]

Okay, I attempted to divide all of the sates (exuding DC, because it's technically not a state and, more importantly, it messes up my pattern ) into tiers based on how much I would want to live in them. Note that this just off the top of my head and I was unsure about where exactly to place a few of the sates, so take this map with a grain of salt. in any case, I think the overall pattern is a pretty accurate representation of my preferences.

[ElectionsGuy]

Here's a map I just made with one just like Goldwater's format:

DC is grouped in with 5 worst.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

This is a little different from my list, but I think it gauges my feelings more accurately.

[Kushahontas]

United States of Kush

[traininthedistance]

Would love:
1. Pennsylvania (Philly)
2. New York (NYC)
3. Massachusetts (Camberville or North Adams)

Would like:
4. New Jersey (Hoboken/Jersey City)
5. Oregon (Portland)
6. Washington (Seattle)
7. Maryland (Baltimore)
8. Illinois (Chicago)
9. Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Would tolerate:
10. Vermont (Bennington)
11. California (Oakland)
12. Rhode Island (Providence)
13. Maine (Portland)
14. Virginia (Alexandria)
15. DC
16. Louisiana (N’awlins)

Would get by if I had to:
17. Ohio (Cleveland)
18. Wisconsin (Madison)
19. Missouri (St. Louis)
20. Connecticut (New Haven)
21. North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
22. New Hampshire (…Portsmouth? Maybe somewhere in the rural western half instead.)
23. Kentucky (Louisville)
24. Utah (SLC)

Would refuse:
Everything else  

Would extra-special double claw out my eyeballs refuse:
5,001: Arizona (no)

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

1      Pennsylvania (Poconos/Scranton/Main Line)
2      Wyoming (DuBois or Laramie or Jackson Hole. Really anywhere)
3      New York (Brooklyn)
4      Arizona (Sedona)
5      Colorado (Fairplay)
6      New Jersey (Freehold/Watchung)
7      Michigan (Ann Arbor/Marquette)
8      North Dakota (Fargo)
9      Minnesota (Minneapolis)
10      Virginia (Williamsburg/Arlington/Charlottesville)
11      Wisconsin (Waukesha)
12      California (Napa Valley/Marina del Rey)
13      Hawaii (Maui)
14      Montana (Missoula) 
15      North Carolina (Winston-Salem)
16      Alaska (Anchorage)
17      Oklahoma (Oklahoma City/Tulsa)
18      Utah (between Provo and Salt Lake City)
19      Texas (San Antonio)
20      Tennessee (Nashville)
21      Nevada (Las Vegas)
22      Maine (Houlton)
23      New Hampshire (Manchester)
24      South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
25      Iowa (Ames)
26      Louisiana (Breaux Bridge)
27      Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard)
28      Idaho (Boise)
29      Washington (anywhere in the East)
30      South Carolina (Charleston)
31      Oregon (anywhere in the East)
32      Maryland (Baltimore near Little Italy)
33      District of Columbia (1600 Penn Ave)
34      Vermont (Burlington)
35      Nebraska (Lincoln)
36      Indiana (South Bend)
37      Connecticut (New Haven)
38      Ohio (Lot of middling areas: Cleveland or Cincinnati I guess)
39      Kansas (Topeka)
40      Missouri (Kansas City)
41      Florida (Tampa, maybe Jacksonville)
42      Rhode Island (Providence)
43      New Mexico (Albuquerque)
44      Arkansas (Fayetteville)
45      Georgia (Athens, maybe Savannah)
46      Alabama (Gulf Shores)
47      Kentucky (Louisville)
48      Illinois (Evanston)
49      West Virginia (Morgantown)
50      Delaware (Newark)
51      Mississippi (Shoot Me)

[politicallefty]

I'll just stick with top 10, as anything beyond that would really push it for me:

1. California (San Diego)
2. Oregon (Portland)
3. Washington (Seattle)
4. Hawaii (Honolulu)
5. Nevada (Las Vegas)
6. Colorado (Denver)
7. New Mexico (Santa Fe)
8. Arizona (Phoenix)
9. Washington, DC
10. Massachusetts (Boston)

My heart (and brain) is in the West.

[Princess Nyan Cat]

Just give me a small town in a rural area and I'll be happy. I hate big cities!!

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

1. New Jersey
2. Pennsylvania
3. Washington
4. New York
5. Massachusetts
6. Maryland
7. Wisconsin
8. Illinois
9. Rhode Island
10. Ohio
11. Michigan
12. Oregon
13. North Carolina
14. Maine
15. Vermont
16. Connecticut
17. Indiana
18. Delaware
19. Minnesota
20. California
21. Virginia
22. New Hampshire
23. Hawaii
24. Kentucky
25. Missouri
26. Colorado
27. Tennessee
28. Nebraska
29. West Virginia
30. New Mexico
31. Montana
32. Arkansas
33. Iowa
34. Kansas
35. Georgia
36. Idaho
37. Utah
38. Alaska
39. Alabama
40. South Dakota
41. Wyoming
42. North Dakota
43. Louisiana
44. Texas
45. Florida
46. Nevada
47. South Carolina
48. Oklahoma
49. Mississippi
50. Arizona

[user12345]

[Flake]

1. North Carolina (Asheville)
2. Georgia (Atlanta)
3. Virginia (Roanoke)
4. Maryland (Baltimore)
5. Minnesota (Duluth)
6. Colorado (Boulder)
7. Oregon (Portland)
8. Michigan (Marquette)
9. Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
10. Maine (Augusta)
11. Vermont (Burlington)
12. Florida (Tampa)
13. Washington (Seattle)
14. D.C.
15. Illinois (Chicago)
16. Montana (Missoula)
17. Wisconsin (Superior)
18. California (San Francisco)
19. Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
20. Alaska (Fairbanks)
21. New Hampshire (Concord)
22. Hawaii (Hilo)
23. Iowa (Des Moines)
24. New Jersey (Cherry Hill)
25. Delaware (Dover)
26. Massachusetts (Boston)
27. North Dakota (Fargo)
28. New York (Niagra Falls)
29. South Dakota (Grand Rapids)
30. Kentucky (Lexington)
31. Connecticut (New Haven)
32. Rhode Island (Providence)
33. South Carolina (Charleston)
34. Tennessee (Knoxville)
35. West Virginia (Charleston)
36. Missouri (Kansas City)
37. Indiana (Indianapolis)
38. Nevada (Reno)
39. Nebraska (Lincoln)
40. Arkansas (Little Rock)
41. Mississippi (Jackson)
42. Alabama (Montgomery)
43. Idaho (Moscow)
44. Ohio (Cincinnati)
45. New Mexico (Albuquerque)
46. Utah (Salt Lake City)
47. Kansas (Lawrence)
48. Texas (San Antonio)
49. Arizona (Tuscon)
50. Wyoming (Cheyenne)
51. Oklahoma (Tulsa)